Neoliberal Frontiers : An Ethnography of Sovereignty in West Africa /

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In Neoliberal Frontiers, Brenda Chalfin presents an ethnographic examination of the day-to-day practices of the officials of Ghana's Customs Service, exploring the impact of neoliberal restructuring and integration into the global economy on Ghanaian sovereignty. From the revealing vantage poin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chalfin, Brenda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Colección:Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
Temas:
Customs administration > Africa, West.
Customs administration > Ghana.
Neoliberalism > Africa, West.
Neoliberalism > Ghana.
Sovereignty.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
ethnography, ethnographic, sovereign, sovereignty, west africa, country, regional, locale, anthropology, anthropologist, study, academic, scholarly, fieldwork, research, daily life, customs, ghana, global, international, office, workplace, government, checkpoint, registry, authority, state, nation, interdisciplinary, literature, postcolonial, african, territory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Toward an Anthropology of Neoliberal Sovereignty
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Conclusion: Working the Border: Neoliberal Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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